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Did a couple of post-punk LP rips this morning:

Wah! 'Nah=Poo - The Art of Bluff' (1981)



Ever hear of The Crucial Three ? A trio of Liverpool-scene hopefuls at the end of the 70's, their names: Julian Cope, Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie. The immense egos involved couldn't be contained in a single group, so they went their separate ways to stardom. Cope forming The Teardrop Explodes, McCulloch (still in his teens) to Echo and the Bunnymen, with Pete Wylie using the title Wah! in a variety of guises.

'Nah=Poo' was his debut album and it is one of the most skull-crunchingly intense and monumental works to come out of that period. It is HUGE! The Teardrops and Bunnymen pale into weak shadows in comparison. Pete Wylie never became the superstar that he obviously felt that he should have been - and on the strength of this, it's a pity he didn't.

Fischer-Z 'Going Deaf For A Living' (1980)



I remember that OGWT played the song 'Crazy Girl' to a video compiled from old b/w 1940's cartoons. The infectious groove and wacky lyrics hooked me instantly and I had to have this, the second LP from John Watts and his band Fischer-Z. Watts had studied psychology and could write brilliant songs about characters and feelings.



It was a time when the music just flowed ...


Now doing Tangerine Dream's 'Encore' to get me back down to earth.

Nightwish - Endless forms most beautiful
Dream Theatre - Systematic Chaos
Saxon - Battering Ram
Accept - Too mean to die
Gary Moore - How blue can you get
Mick Fleetwood - Peter Green Celebration

All of Liverpool bands of the day occasionally hung out in Kirkland's in Liverpool. It was an old bakery that had converted into an eclectic wine bar. We used to literally rub shoulders
with all of the above, plus the likes of Holly Johnson etc. Their was a real buzz about the place and occasionally they would make the first floor available for live music or DJ sets. It's had a messy history since it's heyday but in it's pomp it was brilliant.

Twisted Sister - Under the blade

Fretless wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:41 pm Did a couple of post-punk LP rips this morning:

Wah! 'Nah=Poo - The Art of Bluff' (1981)



Ever hear of The Crucial Three ? A trio of Liverpool-scene hopefuls at the end of the 70's, their names: Julian Cope, Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie. The immense egos involved couldn't be contained in a single group, so they went their separate ways to stardom. Cope forming The Teardrop Explodes, McCulloch (still in his teens) to Echo and the Bunnymen, with Pete Wylie using the title Wah! in a variety of guises.

'Nah=Poo' was his debut album and it is one of the most skull-crunchingly intense and monumental works to come out of that period. It is HUGE! The Teardrops and Bunnymen pale into weak shadows in comparison. Pete Wylie never became the superstar that he obviously felt that he should have been - and on the strength of this, it's a pity he didn't.

Likewise I never could understand how Wylie didn't make it. One of my few musical regrets is that I swapped a 12in of 7 Minutes to Midnight for a mint Spiral Scratch. while I love the Buzzers, finding any Wah related stuff now at a sensible price is impossible.

I've got the 'Better Scream' 7" and may have both 'Spiral Scratch' and 'Seven Minutes To Midnight' somewhere.

There are still copies floating around on Discogs.

Marianne Faithful - She walks in beauty

Fretless wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 12:57 pm I've got the 'Better Scream' 7" and may have both 'Spiral Scratch' and 'Seven Minutes To Midnight' somewhere.

There are still copies floating around on Discogs.

Apart from a few obvious tunes Pete Wylie's music doesn't so much float my boat as sink it

Beauty as always is in the ears of the beholder

When David 'Kid' Jensen unexpectedly announced that he was leaving Radio One, a distraught John Peel played 'Come Back' by The Mighty Wah! as a farewell.

Jensen often hung around after his show and would sit in with Peel for fun.